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To survive an encounter with the Beastplane, Father of Bushplanes, Carrier of the Eight Stars, Ethan only needs his wits about him. He knows the three truths: one, that any bush pilot who hears the mighty plane must offer him a drink, two: Thrice a year an unlucky student pilot is taken on the “Irresistible Ride”, and three: He can be tamed....

Thione Aldermann, a third generation homesteader in the Columbia Valley, now the first interplanetary traveler, is completely out of her depth as she and Guest hurtle through the cosmos toward his homeworld. She doesn’t know what she’s doing, she can’t speak the language, and even worse, no one feels like telling her why she’s there. One thing’s for sure; she’s not along for the ride.

Thione Aldermann, a third generation homesteader in the Columbia Valley, prides herself on having a plan for all of life's little eventualities and never being caught flat-footed. But her contingency plan for first contact is about a decade out of date. Enter Guest, a spiderlike alien, who crash-lands in her back pasture. He's wounded, scared, unintelligible, and worse yet - clueless. Fortunately for Guest, Thione formulates a plan to help him, hide him, and when the time is right, heave him back to whence he came.